Man In Stolen Car Leads Deputies To Chop Shop

A Lauderhill man driving a stolen car led police to a warehouse chop shop where he dismantled other stolen vehicles, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

Delano Henry, 22, is being held in the Broward Main Jail on various charges, including five counts of grand theft auto and felony charges of operating a chop shop. Officials say they also found a gun in the warehouse and charged Henry with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

On Sept. 7, a deputy in Oakland Park saw Henry driving a Subaru that had been reported stolen, officials said. The deputy followed Henry to a Pompano Beach warehouse in the 100 block of Northeast Eighth Street and arrested him on the grand theft charges, the Sheriff's Office said.

When deputies returned the next day, they found parts of foreign sports cars, including portions of a stolen Acura NSX, three Honda S2000s and a Nissan 360Z, the Sheriff's Office said.

Henry had been renting four bays at the warehouse since July 2008, investigators said. Deputies think he had accomplices who helped steal and dismantle the cars.

After his arrest, Henry told deputies he's an automotive engineering student who hopes to build race cars some day, the Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities ask anyone with information about this chop shop to call Detective Carol Singstock at 954-786-4553 or Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477).